Case or box for holding a photographic-printing outfit for producing post-cards.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

L. MEIR. CASE 0R BOX FOR HOLDING AYPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING OUTFIT FOB.PRODUGING POST CARDS.

APPLIUATION FILED DEU. 3. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

LDVIG MEIR, OF MOOKERN, NEAR LEIPZIG, GERMANY.

CASE OR BOX FOR HOLDING A PHOTOGRAPHIC-PRINTING OUTFIT FOR PRODUCINGPOST-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,368, dated August2, 1904.

Appliiltll ld December 3, 1903. Serial No. 183,623. (No model.)

To [LZ1 'lull/mib 'if mfr/'U concern:

Be it known that I, LDWIG MEIR, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at l Albertstrasse, Mckern, near Leipzig', Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases or Boxes forHolding l)hotographicPrinting Outfits for Producing Post-Oards; and I dohereby declare the i'ollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descriptiono't' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a receptacle containing' a number of removablecases in which all the implements requisite for producing illustrationson post-cards from sketches and the like by photographic printing can beconveniently arranged.

By means of the invention a person traveling is enabled to take with himin a small space all the articles required for copying' sketches orpen-and-ink drawings from nature by photographic printing'.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 2, a transverse section of thereceptacle with the eases inserted therein. Figs. 3 to 5 areillustrations of the cases.

The receptacle a, with cover a, which is pushed over the same, is madeof strong waterproof material, the side L being so connected with thebottom of the receptacle that it can be turned outward. (Dotted lines inFig. 2.)

In the receptacle 1 a the trays (Z Il d" are inserted. Each of these isintended for aparticular purpose and is closed by a removable cover orlid (lm, which is or' the same depth as the tray, so as to entirelyinclose the same when placed thereon, as shown in Figs. l and 2. Thetray (Z, Fig'. 3, is divided into four different compartments, of whichthe largest, g, holds the block of paper sheets on which the sketchesare made, while the narrow compartment /l/ is intended for the pencils,brushes, and similar drawing utensils. The compartment vf holds thesponge and the compartment the eraser.

The cases or trays (illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5) are each divided intotwo equal compartments, the compartments fm on, Fig. 4, being intendedfor the printed post-cards, the compartments o o for the copying-frameand the press. The compartments fm, and m/ have their walls fm" inclinedoutwardly, as shown, and each end of the tray containing' saidcompartments is formed with -a notch or recess m". By inclining the saidwalls lm" the edges of the stack ot' cards are held on a bevel orincline, so that said edges project one beyond the other from the bottomto the top of the stack, thus allowing a portion of each card to projecta sutiicient distance to be readily grasped, and by providing thenotches on, the edges of the cards may be engaged and removed one by oneby inserting the iinger in a notch and under the exposed edge of eachcard, as will be readily understood.

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

A box or case for the purpose described, comprising a receptacle having'a series of trays arranged in superposed relation therein, each of saidtrays being' partitioned to form compartments, the partition and endwalls of one of said trays being' inclined to hold the edges ot' stacksot' cards in the compartments formed between the same on a bevel, andsaid end walls having iinger-recesses, and the partition of another trayconsisting of spaced walls providing a chamber between compartmentsformed thereby and formed with iinger-reeesses, each of saidtrays beingprovided with a removable cover, the said receptacle having a hingeddoor adapted when opened to permit individual withdrawal of any of saidtrays, and a cover for the receptacle adapted when applied to hold saiddoor closed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LDIVIG MEIR.

Iitnesses:

RUDOLPH Famke, GUTERID IV ERNER.

